Fasting: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to fasting. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to fasting. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. 

WORLD, Student Edition

The innovative structure of WORLD combines the accessibility of a regional approach with the rigor of "big history" ideas to present world history in a truly global framework. WORLD’s "Societies, Networks, and Transitions" feature brings a comparative end to each Part in the book and helps students see the connections between places, times, and peoples. WORLD also has a primary source feature, "Witness to the Past", in every chapter that helps students understand and analyze historical events from a first-hand perspective. The text has a strong focus on culture and religion.

American Language Course - Book Of Idioms, Defense Language Institute, English Language Course, Lakeland Air Force Base, Texas, Aug 2001

Idioms bring color to language, but they can be a problem for nonnative speakers. The BOI is a handy reference with useful idioms, slang and special expressions. Each entry has an example sentence along with the definition. The BOI is a helpful supplement for intermediate and advanced students.

Quiddities - An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary

The playful nature of this book is evident not only in its subtitle but in its title as well: quiddities can be either essences or inessentials. The 80-odd entries (alphabet to zero) give us a relaxed, informal Quine speaking his mind unfettered by the exigencies of the active professoriat (he is professor emeritus, Harvard). For the most part, the entries deal with philosophical, linguistic, and mathematical issues ( altruism, beauty, freedom, identity, phonemes, real numbers), but there are also discussions of gambling, gender, and universal library and of neologisms (mathematosis, misling).

A Dictionary of Borges

This is a comprehensive and in-depth reference work on the places, people, allusions, influences, and more contained in the writings of Borges. It's cross-referenced, very illuminating, and enjoyable reading not simply as a companion text, but in itself. A must for any fan or student.